Evaluating the potential for pharmacists to prescribe oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation.
Roopinder K SandhuLisa M GuirguisTammy J BungardErik YoungsonLisa R DolovichJamie C BrehautJeff S HealeyFinlay A McAlisterPublished in: Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC (2017)
Community pharmacists can identify patients who would benefit from stroke prevention therapy in AF. However, physician collaboration and further training on AF and guidelines for prescribing OAC are needed.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- primary care
- left atrial
- general practice
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- emergency department
- healthcare
- heart failure
- mental health
- clinical practice
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- virtual reality
- human health
- risk assessment
- venous thromboembolism
- mitral valve
- climate change
- left ventricular
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- cerebral ischemia